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THE OTTAWA FREE TRADER.3- M"'W-g-U EQUALITY."FREE TRADE K.sr rW., III., FrWaj, Jaar 3, I MO.DEUOCMjITIU NO.NINATIOXS.Fur Governor:AUGUSTUS C. I KKNCII,. Of CRAWFORD COUNTY.For Ll. G.tverwr :.'.."JOSEPH 15. WELLS,OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY., For Congress,JOHN WENTWORTII.; For Senator tWILLI AM JIEDDICW-" For Krpresentalires :JOSEPH O. GLOVER,AMBROSE O'CONNOR,WILLIAM BARBER.sliel C'eacfwilen.'. w ear'r"",, Stli'-nirD who has in-t sr-lisej frr JHet, thai the democratic conventionwhich "nbled at that place on yesterday,nnrimouai7 nominalcd the Hon. Join V.a rH.ITI for re.tiw.llA ,vuiig-ess. i lie con-spolion was fully attended, and lliU mark ofonfi lenc an 1 esteem must bo highly gratifyingto Col. Went worth. It is needier toisy thatthe democracy of (Lis district will heartily re.epond to the action of the convention, and at theAojust election will give him audi a majority asihisalerling democracy and faiihful public servitci enlill him to.The War srlih ffleslraTinciis nl homeSpree h mf .11 r. Uou-ilusa.As in every oih cr contest with a foreign pnwer in which our government has ever 1mm n engage-,so in Ihe present one with Mexico, iIutii s party among us in whose eyes our countryis always in Ihe wrong, and the enemy, by a parity of reasoning, in the right. It was so in iherevolution, in the war of 1312, in the Trench spoliation question, in the Florida war, llio northeastern boundary question, the Oregon difficulty,and now in Ihe war with Mexico. By a systemof sanctimonious cant, our county it always heldguilly of being engaged in aomo wicked schemeof aggrandizement, or rapacity, or oppression, orflagrant outrage of some kind or other, for whichthese hypocritical traitor justify themselves incrippling her energies, and aiding the enemy byvery means within their power, so far a theycan without committing some overt set of Iresson, Tor which ihey might get their deserts. In'iherpresent case our country is Wrong in two particulars first, in having annexed Tex a, and secondly in marching an army beyond the Neuces.(into what is alleged to be disputed territory. "IfJlay or Diinoy bad boon elected," we are told,"then Texas would n it have Ucn annexed, andthis war would not have ensued." Now, il iconceived that ibis is no time to rip up ihe Texas controversy, and while a perfidious foe is staining our on soil with American blood, to slopnj re-argue the question whether it waa rightto receive under tho broad ffgis of this Union, aneighboring friendly independent republic, pen.. pled by our own kindred, wedded lo our inMilulions, but'who, from their weakness, were in danger of falling into the hands of the worst enemiesof our country. Il is enough that Texas is nowOur own valuable possession, which we are byonr constitution, snd every prncipleufgood fiilli,bound lo prolrct. Nor should the persona whojustify their (reason in thi pi ts leave nu I nf iheaccount entirely the hundred insults and outrages, sufficient of ihcmselvea to justify ihe presi nlwar, which our country ha received at the handsof Mexico, through a long seres of years, beforethe annexstion of Texas was thought of. Astuthe oilier plea, that the country beyond Ihe Neues, is Mexicsn, nr at least disputed territory, wecopy an article to day from Ihe Washington l.'nion, headed "The Del Norte (he truo boundaryof Texas," which leaves this plea withoutthread to hang on. And in addition, we have he.fore us s speech delivered in Congrcsion the 13ihult., by Judge Doi'oLsBf, on this subject, which.disposes of this plea so admirably and triumph.santly.ithat we cannot forbear giving an outline" of iland quoting some of il parte.' Mr. D. had arisen to reIy tr Mr. Delano, awhig member from Ohio, who argued that thecountry beyonj tho Neuces was Mexican terrilo.ry, that the war commenced by marching an ar-my into it was "unholy, unrighteous, and damnable," yet said that he waa for "ourcnunlrjt. light or wrong," aud would role for supplies lofeed the army. Judge D.'s reply to ihess decla-. rations is so admirable, tiiat wc givs il in hi own, language :What reliance iliall we place on the sincerity, of gemUuien's professions, that Ihey are for thecountry right " wrong, wnen mey nrnpower and influence lo put their country in theUcong in lha eves or Chrialendom. and invoke: the wrsllt ofhraven upon OS for our manifold nusional erimea arid agirreaaions ? With professi. lis-of patriotiem on their lips.ilo thry not show thaitheir heail are against iheirown coun'ry I Thry' .apjisal lo the conscience iitid rrligiou feelings ol" our 'Countrymen to unite in execration id uorGovernment, army, citizen soldiers, and country,- .' fur prosecuting what they di imuiice as an unholy, iiiiiighteuus, and damnable rause. Theypredict that Hie judgments of Mod will rest' upon us that sickness, and carnage, and death,will be our portion thai defeat and disgrace will- attend nur arm. Is there tint treas.ii. in Ihe, heart that can feel, and poison in the Iwenlh lhalran utter, such sentiment c si list their owncountry, when forced to take up arm in self de.fence, lu reiel invasion by a brutal and perfidi-jou enemy t They for llwr country righl or;;' wrong, wlio loll our people If they rally under' 4hit country's standard, their lirtio will bleach. on the plsnis uf Afoxien, and -the imonry willlook down from lbs mountain top in behold thedestruction of our armies by disease and malarise, and those mysterious elements nf deathwhich Divine Providence employs In punish awit.kej people for prosecuting an unholy ami unjust war! Hir, I tell these nenilemen lhal it reajuire mote charity than fall to Ihe lot of frail: snan te believe that these sentiments are consistent with las sincerity of their uiifeinne withpatriotism, honor, and duly to their country.' Patriotism emanates from the heart. Oil the enul,infuses itself into Ihe whole man, and speak. n4 acts the same langusge. A friend nf hii Chantry in war wilt feel, speak, snd set fir hi' eountre will revere bis eeanlry's cause, and' los country's euemies. 'America wants nufriends, acknowledges the fidelity of noetliient' who, after war is declared, eatiwlernn the justice' nf her cause nr sympathizes with the eiismvAH sucb are traitors in tbeir bcsiis and tveuldto God thai trhy woulj commit some nej lufor which they coulJ be dealt with - 'Ihrir deserts, jw that the DelJudge O. then procredrjVded aa ,e westernNorle bad always jfm the lima we had for.bminiljr.v.ln, of F-snce regarded "ihe presidents and lading mrn in Ihe ounlry, including Mr. Adn. "ho was now among the'a.-. . . .1 tl... ...a.i.h.n1 f.ir it.-f.-nilinir ifllltmm s ori.ifiiiv mt " 9 -I territory i that in addition, it was a part of that ; tigitlj leighlenrd by a slirllclsh tight and a . la'est dales been disposed of.Il'eia lhal had athinved its independence of ,i0,idi head or two. Sume thirty men enrolled The gr.-at national fair of American manufacMexico, hsd repeatedly lecn acknowledged such j t,,inclvce for the Teiss war, and others 'ures is now open at Washington, and is a bnl-I i... ..- .lu.;rt.f n.ivriim, nl liml hImtuvs lieen re . thai mn tint htre srnl wir.l K .Kbh 1 li.nt slTiir In Ihe was uf ratrliiiii. I.rill' villi..nj uir .in. - "ireiMili'd in tie Trian C'liiairesj, was now iin-lu-jdid in one of stir tongnrsioral district, anu llutemigres hsd pisd laws, fr which Mr. Adanifiand all the rest who now contend this is Mexi-can lerrilorv,riro', extending oer it tV.o I'nitedstates revenut and post nlTu-elaws. In the courseof his speech. Judge I), was repeatedly inlcrrup';ed ly Mr. Adam., upon whom under mis p-vocation he turned, and gave one of the nthorough n)'i'' Iho old man ever got. ,'1tf his own mouth" emphatica'ly he convi"'him, and Mr. A.'s attempts to evade the !,uwero blundering and ridiculous, and f' )with the w ust kind of temper. Wecan 've',ul js .tierimen or two,Jo Ige U. bad quo! ".h prepared by Mr. Adams win' "-- ("f stale, oving ,e Del Norte (l!i.""n''r) '" ;be Iho western boundary of Texas.'' c0,n" jI ... . ..iir.lnrv 'tncnting on it, when be was inter' 'Mr. Adam. I never saidour liile was'g ou lu uie iuj Uel . one tromsource. .Mr. D.iuul,... I fully un"','""of Ihe ceiitlemsn's denial. ' d' ""'' hp 1claiml the del None ' U"H '" '"" I1 know nothing of hism '"' "'""'' !Claimed the del Noile a'1"" r"'Uii.lar. without .specifying how far ilev'",,,J ul' the r,v,'r' Helwill nol denv this fac '" 1 h,,e ,he o0'c"1 cv,-denceover his own nalure. It I true I can-nol prove Ihe hand fur " ' Pr""''l jIhe alaie papers, a' "lne ,lel'r,,''l l'patch lo Don tlii J,he sl'"', niiniaier. Will.. i irnnin in is.'he gentli ma' 'Pily tlie point irum wuicn insline left lbMr. suarni. 'never slated ihe point.Mi. Douglass. Was il above MaiamnioklHI. Adams. I never specified any paiticularp;'t.Mr. Dnugtss 1 have heard of this line towhich the genleman refers. Il followed a rivencarlo the cageof the mountains; certain!more than 100 mil is above Matamotos. Consinnenlly, lakingthe gentleman on his own claimI he poaiiinn ocupied by deneral I aylor nppo-site .Valomoro", and every inch of the ground upon which Ihe American soldier has planted hisfoot, were cleirlv within our own territory asclaimed by bin in 1 8 1 1.We can givebul one more extract. Judge D.was regretting list ,Vr. A. who had been so warm1i .fjrihewholaolOrcgon.wa.nowsorcady torc-Vlinquish nur rijits in the south, and statedbelief lhal if tin war were about Oregon, thesouth would n'H'rcat the north so; when he wasagain interrnplei byMr. Adams. ! though! I understood the gen-tlcmon, some tine ago, to be for 54 drgreea 41minutes, and to ell his .Southern trienils lliut hewanted no dodgiig on the Oregon question.Mr. Douglass. Sir, I was for 54 deg. 40 nun.,'and am a. ready lo fight for that line a ihe DelNone. Mv painoiism is not of that kind whtcnwould lead me lo 10 lo ar to enlarge one sectionof Ihe Union no of mere hatred snd vengeancetoward tlie other. .1 nf no section in (Ilia)renect: and while I did complain f ,ssouthern Mends on the Oregon question, I nsvsrdoubted their patriotism when war was actuallydeclared, liul, since the gentleman from Massachusetts has referred to the Oregon question, Iwish lo call his attention lo one or hi wise sayings.nn that subject, and see if he will nol applyil to Tens aa well as Oregon, lie (old us thatbe went for the policy of the great Frederick inregard lo Silesia. He was for taking possessionfirst, and negotiating afterwards. According lothe gentleman's own showing, thai is preciselywhat Mr. Polk has done in regard to the countryon iho Del Norte, Me certainly ought not toblame Ihe President fjr acling over one of hisown maxims.WAR NEWS.Our news from the soat of war last week wasup lo the 1 Bt Ii ult. Dy ihe St. l.ouis Republicannf Saturday wc have four daya later dates. Thenews is interesting.The Steamship Alabama arrived ut New Orleans on the 221 ult., from lirnr.n Santiago,which place she left on the 10th, at 5 oM ck P.M. Ollicial new had been received al Point Isabel that Col. Wilson, with four companies ofregulirs and three of Alabama volunteer, hadtaken Uarita, a small Mexican town, about 8miles sbove the mouth of the Rio Grande, andbe I w Point Isabel, without opposition, (Jen.Taylor was lo cross the Rio Grande for the purpose uf taking Malamome on Munday morningthe Ifllh. No cannonading having been heardat Point Isabel, it was generally supposed thatthe Mexicans had retired, leaving (seneralTaylurto take quiet possesion uf the town.Cien. Smith's command of Louisiana volunteers was on their wsy hsd commenced theirmarch on Ihe Island of Rocachica ; to cms theRio Grand at Ihe mouth, and advance up the river on the Mexican aide. Col. Maika andWslton' regiment were complete, the "Seu"having arrived at Point Isaabcl previous lo theAlabama's departure ; officer and men all welland in good spirit.It was reported lhal upward uf 2 000 Mexicans bad left for the interior, in consequence ofIhe scarcity of provision being in snsclualstale of starvation.A correspondent of the Picayune willes fromPuint Isabel, May 8lh. "Information waa received from General Taylor laal evening lhal he intended lo cross over to iVatamoros early lo duyEarly in the morning a few cannons were heard.I suppose he has taken the place without opposition, ss the remain uf the Mexican army, 20011men, were two doy lines in active preparationfor retreat lo Ban Fernando, 3D Iragues aoulhibe balance, not killed, drowned, or prisonerhaving scsttered in ultcr confusion to theirhomes. Never were an army so panic alricken.In the retreat rum the battlefield of the Dili,Gans, Arists snd Aoipudia led the San on footthrough the chupparal, aliipping ofTlhrir clothesa ihey ran, snd when lltey arrived at the riverhad nothing but their shirts strcsming in Ihewind: they plunged in and swam across: manyof their deluded follower sinking into that "sepulchre" that Jfejia hsd promied to tho "degen-era'e sons of Washington." The .1exicana lust100 drowned an their retreat crossing the KioGrande ( most of (lie wounded who were delivered up to them by Gen, Taor have since diedby neglect and want vt hospital means snd supplies."The mail letting for Illinois hsvs hern decided al Washington, and sll have been taken at anaverage of lei than half of what was paid before.Hinton has the routes from Chicago to St, l.ouis.He gets f IHOO for carrying the mail from Chicago tn Ottawa. James Scull take the route fromOttawa to Elgin, at 095, Wm. K. Drown fromOttawa tn Uluoiniiigton, at $360. Prink, Walker tt Co. will run tbsiir stages, as usual un thegrest thoroughfare tn the nurltiwc.t.The Velissileeis. IWednesday vu juil a military day in out Ltown, and reminded us more uf an olJ New Yorkor Pennsylvania framing ,tbsn an; tiling we haveseen since we have Irfl the east.' A (real num.brr of uur militia flocked into lown in obediencelo the order of C. R. J'uTTsa, lha commandantof this battalion, ts 1 ihe Irainn of men, and Ihemil aiirrinv Jxim an I ear-iiercinir fife" save....... - Jhsi-ioVillv hlli,frnt rmt mjKIK -in - un ii . - - " j - -. . . . " . -'"'J!wjuld e on hand at ihe prnjier time. Wenrr c'n'lrnl a much Urgfr numU'r wouldi havc nnlled themselves, if ihey had known Ihej j.nvion of the Illinois volunteers. There ij .oickwardne-is to enlist in a summer campaignlo the south, or lo waste the senson in a larrsckaby a large number who woul.l most willinglyjoin an army lo marcn lo ?tnts I e or any ot themore northern department of Mexico. Shouldit however, Ihc 'me necessary to answer the callf r three thousand men upon our stale, tha t moreshould ei.li.t from Did I. a Sallr, il nitMl but besignified lo cut peiple, and we aro confi lent therewill be plenty more, who will go whiili-'-.xocvcriluty may call Idem. Our -junta would In- about... . .. ... ...an, anu we lH-lieve we shall scnil this nuinler,bul we would not be particular on this head,Those who have entitled, we understand willorganize and report lo head quarter in a fewda) iM ar I iritis.VJunlecrinz tn Su'ifATii Illinois Pur.uanlto the call of C'ul. I'olli-y, the A'h regiment, lllinoia militia, met at Nashville, Washington Co.,on the 25h ult., and a company immediatelyformed of 127 who reported themselves 'ready.'A company was formed al Alton on Ihe JTih,"ihe Alton Ciuards," who reported themselves.lien. Scmple has ordered his command to imeet and gel as many volunteers as are willing. IThe (ien. will lake leave of iho senate to lake !command in person.Ja. Shields is expected home to voWm'cer in ,the war. !Mr. T. Campbell, tobacconist in St. l.ouis.presented each of the volunteers from that cilybefore leaving lor Tens, with a six month's supply of the best kind uf chewing tobacco.F, A. Lumsden, of the N. O. Picavune. hasraised a company of volunteers on his own hookand gone lo the Texas war.Nearly half the volunteers thai left St. l.ouisfir Texas, were foreigner by birth.IV l. . . , . ...'.'Qr nliiprlion. Iioina nft.-r.-.l l. iK nt ,A. . ,-,...,.. jV'' J'a " a ' ' us . . st( jmi.umi,he Philadelphia Pennsylvanian has il from . Frame, and Holland. Afler the bailie ofgood suth -rity thai one of the chief of the Creek ! Si,n J aoiit1. (he Mexicans relired beyondnation, now in Washington, has i.fl'ercd ihe pre-1 ll'e I't'l Norte, Slid have never reoeeupiidenl the services of two ihoutim I picked war-' Cl' ''ie country between that river and theriors, should they be required in ihe conflict with j Nueces. It was organized io a countyMexico. of Texas, running from the Nueces toA company nf 100 young men in St. Clair,1'" n''' N"r,c aml lliiS been constantlycounty in this slate, before any requisition wasm,ie on our B,ernor for volunteer. r.,nn...ithemselves into s company, elected J. I,. D. Mor- j ' ,l,e L nllt!l1 Stale. A port of deliveryrison captain, and offered to enrol themselves un-1 we81 of l,,e Neuces was anlhoi i zed by ader (ien. Milbuin, of I,oui, fjr tho Mexican la w f our congress, unanimously passedV.- t.u o,e Uen had lo decline arcrpting them, j December last, and our revenue laws ateas ths quota from Kt. im i..i -i..ib i(tn.nnw ") full operation there. The lowerexceeded. 1 hey will have a ciutice now.Ceo. Kmpp, Ihe junior ( the St. l.ouis Ke -nublican. is amour- the volunteer, from lhal cuv.and holds a 2.1 lieulenanlship. Mr. Kecmle. ..fthe Reveille, is also wiih them, as a "bih pri-vate," we believe.' "Gov. Mender.on of Mississippi will commandtbe volunlrers from lhal alate to the I rxas warin person.Vulunlters. The following is the rnrolmentof troops ordered by the Ku culive in the several states, and mustering eighty-six regimentsand a half. If Ihe companies are full, the forcewill be equal to, and beyond, Ihe fifty thousandmen ordered by congress :Knnilment.N Hampshire 2000 IndianaMassachusetts 3000 KentuckyMain 3000 OhioVermount 2000 MichiganConnecticut 3001) WisconsinRhode Island l"00 IowaNew York KOuO FloridaNew Jersey 20 0 LouisianaPeon-ylvania 6 '00 TexasMaryland ItOtiO TennesseeDelawaie 1000 District t'olumbi40004lM)0ftMH,2 00'"i"linil!4oootM,0401X1250Making in all R regiments and one battaliun,consisting of 43,250 men.Virginia8 CarolinaAlabamaArkansasIllinois5000 N Csrolina2000 Georgia30(H) Mississippi3000 Missouri30002000300020002000Tho story about Mr. Slory, President nf theDank Xt Louisiana, offering to place 500,000at the' disposal of the governor of that stale assinews of wsr, is all talk, be having even refusedto loan the slate fOOOO. The Canal Hank, however advanced ihe money cheerfully, intimatingthat there was 'more there,' The Hank of Missouri, on second thought, slsosgrerd to loan thestats f 10,01)0 without interest lo equip the vollu nicer.The democrats uf the 5th ur Galons congressional district, represented by Mr, Iloge, met inconvention at Rucklsland on Ihe 20 ult.,and uuminated Thosms J.Ti Hsr.a for congress, on theiry-srtfiilh ballot. The prominent cat didates before the cunvenliun we believe were Mr. MogeMr. Turner, and Thompson Campbell.Tho sincerity of the cry of ihe manufacturersfor the protection of 'home industry' is beautifully illustrated by the following paragraph fromthe London Economist, brought over by theCan.luia."l.asl week ihe representative nf a spinning establishment at Boston, I'nited Slate, visitedthis country, in order to engage wool-combersand mill hand. About a acore of familira fromUradfoad have already engaged and sie about Insail from Liverpool as soon as the ship is leady."We do nol quote thia because we object logelling hand from England nr any cither country to labor in nur maitufuclviirs; but we do soto show that the cry of the manufacturers againaltho pmiptr tutwr uf Europe is all a humbug.Labor, by uur raslem manufacturers, is aa muchregarded n a commodity, as tho pries nf whichis regulated by the demand, as any uf their fablies. If Ihey need a bundled hand, and can getidem cheaper in England lhan in thia country,they will get them there ; snd they have a rightlo Jo so t bul doing to, thry have no right lo aska bounty of (he general government in the shapeof a high tariff lo protect them against the cheaplabor of Europe while they avail themselves ofsll ths advantages of that labor.Kx-dovemor Hoggs of Miaaouri, with bis family, left Independence, Mo., on the tuih ult., forOregon.t'Mgrna.The proceeding f congress arc at present uflhal commonplace kind, which, though very usc-1 f , . i r. : -1 i;.. i.. ...... .. i. .fut, furnishes very little newspaper inattrr. Thehouse is rngajrtf nnthr usu il annual appropriation hills, and its main trouble is to kiepa ijuirum together. The senate has renewed the Orrgon discussion, on a motion to defer the consideration of the hill lu protect Ihe Oregon rittirs.t nnt llrceniher, which motion bad nut at uur-i -h iwever, it is likely lo lie a failure.Mr. Fiiklin in Vhiindrlihia. The speech ofthe lion, O. 0. Ficklin. uf this stair, deliveredit the Chinese Murium, in I'liil ulelphis, at theUreal Oregon Meeting on the first ult , if published at Ifncih in the Philadelphia Keystone,which piper spraks of it as an able and eloquentproduction, and commends il to all who are desirous of obtaining valuable information in ri fi ience lo the Oregon question. We have read itwith int. ie.l ami f eel) endorse a l the Ke) stonesavs i f it.T.fmmil II ,ur, Cliiriig-i. Uy iho Democratwe learn that Mr. A. Johnson, formeily of Ihe'ily Motel, Chicago, well and favorably knownlo the Iravelin public, lias become associatedwith Mr. Ciurley of the Trcmonl Mouse. 1'ndertheir joint management this already popular establishment will possess new atlractions lo travelers, and will not be surpassed by ai y in thewest.The proceedings of the democratic convrnlieiiof Livingston coun'y came loo late lobt inurtedin this week's pap r.0u'o is the name of a city thai is springing upal the mouth of the Ohio river, on Ihe Missouriside. Il is but a month old, aud already sometwenty sub.lanlial binl lings have been erected.fJoiI." savs Fuller, in his.iuainl wav, "mighthlve ma,e ,.Wr f ;, ,tlJ , nwberry, buthe never did."S. ,ise Smith, who bfi Chicago a year ago tomake Philadelphia bis permanent residence, hasreturned, satisfied that he can 'do belter' in Chicago, The Del .rle ihe True lioiindary of Trans,rfy ihe organic law of IMG. ihe Republic of Texas lixed her boundary on theItin del Xitrtr. and with 1 1 1 1 t hniinilntvIi i i i i "life I ikIh llpnil"nfo was roeno n 1 1 iil liv,,, . vlul., ,," ,,.,.,., f.rcprcsenieu III li.e congress 01 I exas, inI ,r'e,, eonveniior, nnu now in tne congressUel Hum. alwavs the bnunilarv of! ancient Texa, as a parlor r.,!eJ l" us tlie f 1 803. Suchi i .i -, as Deen lM,; opinion 01 our Uiilingllisliedstate'ilicn an I presidents, ever since1803. Mr. JelTerson distinctly annotin-1 -.i :. :.. ...i ..... i, lcu . " ";l";J'c" eo.ir.iiunicaiions, anilespecially on the 81I1 of July, 1 8'J 1. hisfixed opposition to the 'relinquishmentof any territory whatever eastward ofthe Kio Hravo.Mr. Madison, in his letter of the 31stMarch, 1804, says, our boundary 'extended wcslwardly to Uiollravo;' andhe declares that the French commissionerdelivered us the possession of Texas withthe 'Del Norte as its true boundary. ' Onthe Bill November, 1803, Jas. Monroe de-j dared lhal 'inconleslnbly' the boundaryof Louisiana is 'ihe Itio liiavo to thewest;' and Mr. Pinkney unites in thedeclaration. Mr. Monroe, in his letterof the I9ih of January, 1810, nml Jurtp10, 1810, ssys, nnne rould dispute 'ourtitle to lexas; and he adds, 'that ourtitle to the Del Norte was as clear at tnthe island of New Orleans.' In his letter of the Wilt March, 1810, John Quinry Adams proves our title to Texas, andsays, 'well might Mr. I'inkniy and Mr,Monroe write to M. Cevallos, in 1805,that the claim of the United Slates tn theKio Bravo was as rlear as the righl lothe island of New Orleans.' Mr. Henry Clay in his speech of 1820, in congress, quotes and repeats the same opinion ; aud in bis celebrated anti-Texas letter of the 17ih April, 1841, Mr. Claysays,' I lie Lulled slates acquired a tideto Texas, extending, as I believe, to theKio Del Norte by the treaty of Louisiann ;' and the distinguished senator fromMissouri, Lol. Ileiiton, in one of his ableletters on this subject, republished bylumscll in the liloue cif the 4 ill of May1844, savs:'The best and inosl numerous harborson the continental coast of the (iulpli ofMexico no between the Sabine and ihemouth of the Kio Del Norte. As a naval and commercial power, owning thegreat river which carries the commerceof an empire into the Gulf, we had thegreatest need for these harlnus. liy theRequisition of Louisiana we obtainedthem ; by the new boundary establishedon our southwest frontier in 1810 wegave ihein away.' 'Before the establishincut of this boundary all the country totho west of tho lowir Mississippi quite tothe Kio Del Norte was oursThat Texas was ours by the treaty of1803, and that its boundary extended tothe Del Norte, is proved by the concur'rem authority of Jefferson, MadisonMonroe, Adams, Pinkney, Benton, andClay. It was the boundary fixed bylcxai in her organic! law of 1830anil beyond which the Mexicans werethon driven. And if Texas lias no otherclaim to the country between the Neucesand Del Norte, thai by conquest and ocetipalion would be complete.El Exptttudor of the 24th ult., published in the city of Mexico, gives i disrription of the kind of war tho Mexicangovr-rnment proposes to rary on againstthe Untied StalesIl is to le o sucrilluw ar, no pitched battlea to be fouglit,but tlie roimlry to be laid waste, ourtroops lirirrasst-ii, and all supplies cut ifl".The Mexicans are well skilled in thismode of warfare. Il will, therefore, benecessary for our government In organizejour forocs in larj;e bodies, and In advanceinto Mexico without delay ; otherwiseihe war may be protracted for years.Ai)i)iu:ss.To tiik Citizens of l.n Same coi ntv.ON TUB M'lUKCT OF InTEHTCUAM K.Ftllow Citizens: Tlte area of yourcountry includes one of the finest specimens of the earth's surface. As to thecombined advantages of exuberance ofsoil, salubrity of climate, variety of scenery, and national facilities for commercial and general prosperity, il has fewsuperiors. Whether the traveler passeshastily through, taking his birds-eye viewof the general surface, ot the ciiizen wanders leisurely over it, investigating moreminutely its natural resources, there isfound constant evidence that nature hasnot stinted her bounties in tho formationof your portion of the earth. And already has tho hand of industry in some instances, begun to make the desert biossoin 1 i k e the rose already good habitations, comfortable school-houses andchurches, begin to adorn and beautify ourprairies and villages. But an evil is inour midst that mars all our beauty ancthreatens to defeat our best hopes. Theterrible monster in ti.mi'Krrnuk prowlsabout, seeking whom he may devour,lie undermines the strongest constitutions, dethrones the most vigorous judgments, destroys the most unspotted characters, blasts the hriphtesl prospects, andbrings disappointment, povertv, disgraceand wretchedness, into the sanctury ofthe domestic circle, lie converts thehusband intn a monster, the father into abrute, the children into piupers and criminals, and iho once happy wife into thevery personification of w retchedness andsorrow. But we will specify some ofthe acts of tins monster, and endeavor byan induction of facta, t, make out a caeto the satisfaction of nil. We w ill staletwo or three propositions with facts inproof, bearing upon the great subject olintemperance and its only possible remedy. Our "ourt is the people of I, a Salleco. We want the ear of tho court, andif we secure its judgment, we may challenge a most vigorous co-opcraiion of itsexecutive power, the will.First Proposition.Ardent spirits is not necessary ascommon drink, bul injurious. Al a ternpcrance meeting held nol long since inAlabama, Col. Lemanousky, who hadbeen 23 years a soldier in the armies ofN. Bonaparte, addressed the meeting,lie arose before the audience tall, etect,and vigorous, with a glow of health uponhis cheek, and said : "You see before voua man 70 years old. 1 have fought 200battles, have 14 wounds on my body.have lived aa day 0n horse flesh, withthe batk of trees for my bread, snow an(tice for my drink, the canopy of heavenfor my covering, without stockings 0rshoes on my feel, and only a few rags ofclo'lnnj. In the desert of EifVPt I havemarched for days with the burninc sunupon my naked head ; feet blistering intlie scorching sand, and with eyes, nostrils and mouth filled with dust, and witha thirst so tormenting, that I have openedthe veins of my nrms and sucked my ownblood! Do you ask how I survived allthese horrors? I answer that nnder theprovidence of God, I owe my preservation, licalil', and vigor, lo the fact that Inever ilrnnk a drop of spirituous liquorin my life, Continued he, "BatonLarry, chief of the medical staff of iheFrench Army, has stated as a fact, thatthe G000 survivors who safely returnedfrom bgypt, were alt of them men whoabstained from ardent spirits."Second Proposition.The sale and use of ardent spirits is avery great pecuniary evil in this countyWe name this evil first, not because il ismost important, but because it is themost tangible and touches the main springof human action. Not being able to present the statistics of crime and pauperism,Willi their causes and consequences inthis county, we must avail ourselves ofthe well authenticated statistics of othercounties, and having thus ascertained thegeneral principle, apply it to ourselves.For Ihe literal statistics of Green county,one ol tbo prominent and prosperouscounties of the slate of N. York, we refer you to the appendix of the sixth anu -alrenortof the A. T. Socielv. found inthe 1st volume of Permanent TemperanceDocuments, page .iii. We can herename only a few of the results of the calculations there drawn out in full. During seven years nearly 300 persons wereat different limes, confined in the jail ofGreen county f,ir crimes. All but threewero inttmptrutt. Tho jail expensesfor the county for the same time, were93,050, almost the whole occasioned byintemperance. Of the paupers of thatcounty, seven eights became so by intcmpssrancc. The expenses of the poorhouse for three ycats were 10,005. Seven-eightsof which being occasioned byintemperance, il makes the pauper hill ofthe county for 3 vears, all occasioned byintemperance 14,008. Of the directtax raised for the expenses of the countyof Green during one year, more than hallwas lo pay the expenses nf the use uf intoxicating liquors as a beverage.'Now how do the people of La Sallecounty leel about paying every oilier dollar of laxes, or rather doubling their legitimate tax for the support of the rumseller, and the production of all the legitimate consequences of his traffic? Wewill ask the haid-working farmer, whenhe plows and sows, and harvests andthreshes 40 bushels of wheat, and bringsil into market through the mud or dustto pay the necessary expenses of thocounty, if he wishes tn add 40 bushelsmore for the gratification of a few menwho traffic in ardent spititi f Why ciii-zeus.jiiki look at il. Who would fightand quarrel if they were not drunk ! Whoare reduced to pauperism in this land ofabundance, except the victims of intemperance ? Who would bo guilty of hardly any crime, were il not for iho stimulating clfecls of ardent spirits T Who wouldlounge about tbe groceries when theyought to be paying their honest debts,ami doing good, and setting an exampleof industry and virtue, if il were not forthe fascinating cup T Why then license afew men thus to rifle your pockets ofyour hard-earnings T Does it make it anyeasier to pay iln cost o! intemperance,that the demand is made by the indirectprocess of taxation for county expenses TDo you not then by licensing the rumseller, voluntarily authorize a class ofmen to rille your pockets of yon hardearning, and deprive your families ofin in v uf ihe conveniences of life, and isit right that this thing should continue TWill you permit il to continue, fur il isfor you to say. The people of othercounties and other states are opening theireyes to this subject, and acting with amanly firmness and decision. arecertainly taxed enough to pay our debtsand sustain our credit, without adding ahundred per cent for the support of intemperance. 'Jhird Proposition.Intemperance is a great personal, social, and tior evil. On this point theobservation of every individual will furnish the most interesting and satisfactorystatistics. You have all witnessed in repeated instances, the unhappy wreck ofindividuals and families occasioned bythis vice. You have seen the young,beautiful and virtuous bride, who hadcommitted her all to one who solemnlyplighted his entire devotion in return.mourn in wretched obscurity the disappointment of all her earthly hopes. Youhave marked her toilsome, discouragingand miserable course through a life of advcrsiiy, until an obscure death closed hertroubles, delivering her from the crushingembarrassment of a drunken husband.You have noticed children, endowed withgood natural capacities, and full of nativeaspiration after their appropriate tlevclopemcnt, become entirely discouraged,and sink into gross sensuality and vice,under the influence of a drunken father.And whenever intemperance comes, itblasts all that is beautiful and worthy,and spreads desolation in its progressIts empire is the destruction of all mora'ity and the mother of all vice. FelixGrundy from Tennessee, gave it as hisopinion after 30 years extensive practiceas a lawyer, that four fifths of all thecrimes committed in the United Statescan be traced to intemperance. Nowshall such a moral pestilence be sanctioned by law! Shall men be licensed andencouraged to sow broad-cast over ourbeautiful countv, the buds of vice andcrime? A volume of facts might be derived, showing the effects of inlemperance upon individual well-being, in theproduction of disease and prematuredeath, as welt as self-abandonment andall lurms of viso. tint we need nov.fiirther illustrate the effects of a vice, that isthe natural parent of all evil things. Youcannot want proof of the truth of the proposition, thai intemperance is a great persorial, social and moral evil. We comenow to theFourth Proposition.It is the duty of every individual to dowhat he can to remove this evil. Forlong agps the evil was supposed to beremediless. But a principle has beendeveloped in oi r age which has power toremove drunkenness with all its loathsnmeand direful effects from the world, and torestore the empire of temperance and virtue. Il is the temperance principle, orthe principle of voluntary associationsagainst intemperance. It is in the powerof the community by this principle to expel ihe demon of intemperance, lo dry upthe fountains of vice, and to restrainhealth to the body, humanity to the heart,and happiness and prosperity to the family of the drunkard. And who will refuse lo dcvelope the full power of thisprinciple ? Say, fellow citizens, will younot come up to the rescue, will you notgive your names, your influence and yourefforts to promote this cause ? Passthrough the streets nf your principaltowns, count the grog-shops and thedrunkards that disgrace the community,and say if there is not an urgent reasonfor immediate, decided and univeisal action on tho subject. Are you inclined tothrow off responsibility, and say it is no1 concern of mine? What! is it nnlhingto you that the public interests suffer?Is it nothing lo your feeling of humanitywhen your neighbor comes into town todispose of his grain, that he should hedecoyed by the lascinating cup into theirroi?-shon. and there be robbed not onlvof his moncv. but of his reason, his rhar-i- i i.i I . ' . YlJ DONi"''",cl"1Jlda,efor,'eoiriceofCounactcr. his health and his heart, and bHf c.,li-oner at the net! Auguat .lection.sent penny less to his family with the spirit of a tiger, instead of carrying to themIhe comforts of life, and the kind heart ofa husband and a father ? Is il nothing toyou, that so great a proportion of thecrime and pauperism which you help losupport is occasioned directly by intemperance ? Is il no concern of yours, whenevery oilier dollar of your hard-earnedmoney is required to defray the exj penses of rutnselling? O, Citizens, open' your eyes to your true interests, and makea vigorous and manly effort to removethis great evil from your midst.Thus it appears that the use of ardentspirits is not necessary as a commondrink, that il is a great pecuniary, personal, social and moral evil in this county,and that the legitimate remedy of all theseevils is the temperance association. Nowwe ask if any man can honestly, or reasonably withhold his influence from thetemperance cause ? Ths Msg of temperance is now unfurled, the war has commenced, now is the time for volunteers.Il is emphatically crisis in the character and social prosperity of your county.What shall he the event? Shall yourchildren bo exposed lo the tremendousdraught of the grest maelstrom of intern- -perance!Or shall their interests andcharacters be guarded by a correct anilvigorous public sentiment? Say, shall 'th minds of our youth continue to be 'exposed lo the powerful attacks of temptation that always coexist wiih the saleand use of ardent spirits ? It if for yOUto say t and who can hesitate when somuch is at stake, especially when thesacrifice required by virtue is so trifling.Fellow Ciiizent, feeling the might of this ;subject, and the importance of the present crisis, we urge you to a manly decis.ion. In behalf of the committee.GEO. W. BASSKTT, Chairman.Thecrim. ro. case in Will county,we noticed a few weeks sincewhichturned out as follows The husband ofihe guilty wife pursued her and her paramour to Galena, and overtook them.where be settled the matter with the digpoiler of his wife by taking his notes for9400. The husband then rnnrnnil InWill county and got a divorce from hiswife, al the court just held in Joliet. Iftho man gets Ihe money on the notes hehoIJs, he will have made a pretty goodbargain, as no very high price could reasonably be set upon so nauehtv a wife.Chicago Democrat.Circuit Court. Judge Calon liasbern holding our court during the pastweek, and lias given the grcates satisfaction to the bar, the suitors, and allothers, interested in the prompt andfaithful administration of justice, liehas despatched business with great rapidity, extending, al the same lime, all thoindulgence in his power to those havingbusiness in court. We do not wonderthat he is as popular as lie is in his owncircuit. lie will rary with him the bestwishes or our community for his futureusefulness and prosperity.- JiVon Tel. .The following anecdote connected withthe decisive battle ol tho ninth, is toogood to be omitted:The battle commenced by licavv cannonading on both sides. (1 pn. 'I'uulrte- ..j v, ,in passing his lines accosted Cant. Mavs.of the second dragoons, and told him'Your regiment has never done anythingyet you must lake that battery.' Heearn noitnng out turneil to the commandand said 'we must lake that battery -loilow ! he made a chnrpe with threwnmpanics supported by the Sth and8th regiments of infaniry. They cleared ihe breast-work, rode over the batterywheeled and came through the enemy'sline, whilst the Tire of the infantry wasso deadly in its effects as to cary all before it. Capt. Mays made a cut at an officer as he charged through on his return he found him standing between thewheels of a Cannon fighting like a hero,lie ordered him to surrender : lie wasasked if he was an officer? Capl. Maysanswered him in the affirmative, whenhe presented his sword, remarkingYou receive Gen. Vega a prisoner ofwar.' Capl. Mays gave him in chargeof one of his sergeants who had lost hishorae in tho charge, .ordering him lo conduct him to Gen. Taylor, out of theline."Capt. Mays' attack is spoken of as being one of those splendid efforts whichwould have adorned the brightest featherof the plume of Mora, in the palmiestdays of his glory. It tost him eighteenhorses with a few of .he gallant riders.The victory, says the extra from whichwe copy, entirely Wongs to the U. 0.army. IN o volume rs having arrived toshare in the honors of the day, it willconvince our country iVat Vsi Point affords the material ole-'ubiting the courage aud bravery of A'er'ea soldiers. .SlierKiHy.We are authorized lnnnounce FRANCISCALLOWAY aaa csiudate for the office ufSheriff at the neit Aii'st election, subject tothe decision of the derxratic county cunvenliun, should one he helOttawa, Jan. 15, 18-We are authorize announce PATRICKIIAM.Y as a candidA "nlil after the first Monday in August nejlr o-'lics of (Sherill ofLa Salle county. tP be is a candidate forthe nomination by s democratic convention onthe 15th of May.We are author I" announce CLE VI EXTL. LI'KK.NSa independent candidate forsheriff of La 8al"nty.at Ihe Augual election;MICHAEL ,UO.ALD will serve as Sheriff of Urundy if elected at the next Augustelection, and p1' himself lo discharge Ihe duties nf lha olliu Ibe best of his ability, ahoulda majority of) voters favor him with their atiffrages, C,J'l at Utr Eleventh Jlmr .'At Ihe aj.Jataliost of many friends I have consented to f",m' candidate for the ulhce of8HEKIKu,,Jm"' " the decision or Ihe countyconventi. ' h,ve '" a resident nf La Sallocounty iren Jet" snd have never voted aliry W- McUobhick.VV'e suthorized to announce MATTHEWsubj'T ''' Jec'"n fit the democratic couutyWe are aulhortzedto announce CCJS C.lT'Jl'AYKr,i ss a esinliiletA for ihe nines or CountvCommissioner at the next August election, suh-ires iu me oeciaiun oi tne uemocrauo county .convention.We are authorized lo announce THOMASLORINO aa a candidate for the office of Coronerat Ihe neit August uleclion, subject to tbe decision of the county convention. !Cottair ('vratlaai.The democratic voters of La Halls county arerequested to meet at the usual place of holdingeleciions in their several precincts, nn Saturdaythe6ih day of June ncil at 2 o'clock r. st.loelect delegates-ID a county convention lu be hoiden In Ottawa on Saturday the 1 3l h day of Juneneit, to nominate candidates fur sheriff, countycommissioner, and coronor.U. U.COOK,WM. UARUER,THOS. LARKIN.'8. W. RAYMOND.E. M. GALLOWAY,May 15, 1846. Central committee.Singers!Mr. II, M. Hinoisjs, leaeher of vocal music,will meet ths aingora, and all others interested,at the Mechanics' Hall on to-morrow evening,Saturday June (1th. Il is hoped there will bs ageneral attendance,tr. j!.A..'